Over 50 species recorded to date.
This list comprises the marine plants and animals observed on Habitat Moorings in 2012 and 2013. It was compiled by Chris Roy, a graduate student at the University of Maine and Dr. Ian Bricknell, Professor of Aquaculture Biology, at The University of Maine.
Vertebrates
- Atlantic Cod
- Rock Bass
- Pollack
- American Eel
- Mackerel
- Flounder
- Atlantic Hake
- Sculpin
- Cunner
- Lumpfish
- 3 species unidentified fish
Invertebrates
Crustaceans
- Lobsters
- Crabs (7 species)
- Barnacles (4 species)
Echinoderms
- Sand Dollars
- Star Fish (3 species)
- Green Urchins
- Sea Cucumber
Encrusting Animals
- Orange Sponge
- Hydroids
- Byrozoans
- Serpulid Worms
- Coelenterates
- Plumrose Anemones
- Sea Anemones
Sea Squirts
- Colonial and Sessile
Bivales
- Mussels (2 species)
- Scallops
- Surf Clam
- Oyster
Gastropods
- Slipper Limpets
- True Limpets
- Periwinkle
- Sea Slug
- Whelk
Macro Algae
- Sweet Kelp
- Ulva (Sea Lettuce)
- Dulse
- Entromorpha Species
- Corraline algae
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